Pumpkin Iron Chef

So, between Halloween and Thanksgiving, we are faced with a Major Pumpkin Dillemma: Leftovers.  We can't let them just sit in all those lots and vegetable stands unused.  Pumpkin pies are ubiquitous, of course.  So what to do with those leftovers?  How about pumpkin brulee?  Pumpkin breads with chocolate chips are a family favorite.  Pumpkin muffins?  How about sweet pumpkin butter?  Roasted pumpkin seeds, too, are very common.  Many countries, like Argentina, make a delicious native meat stew in a pumpkin, including beef cubes, peaches, ears of corn, tomatoes, potatoes.  In Argentina it is called carbonada criolla.  Can we dry pumpkin?  Dehydrate it?  Are there pumpkin candies?  Crystalized pumpkin?  Chocolate covered pumpkin?  How about pumpkin jerky?  Pumpkin smoothies?  Saw a recipe recently for a pumpkin bread pudding served in very small pumpkins.  How about shaved pumpkin gratinees (ices)?  Pumpkin ice cream?   Pumpkin face mask...exfoliant...eye mask?   

Spices you can use: cinnamon - of course - cardamom, ginger, cloves, nutmeg, salt and pepper, cumin, smoked paprika,  brown sugar, turbinado sugar, basil, thyme

Add-ins:  Caramelized onions, sausage, chorizo,  chocolate chips, macadamia nuts, pecans,  apples, pears, dates, figs and, if you have to - marshmallows. 

Liquids:  Cream, milk, broth, bourbon, rum?  orange liquer?  maple syrup?  orange juice? 

Have I tried any of this stuff?  Other than pies and breads - no - but perhaps I'd better get started inventing...  What would an Iron Chef do?   Ideas welcome.